Feature a Friend {on Friday}

Welcome back to another Feature a Friend {on Friday}!  Today's guest is Tasnim Ahmed from
Cards and Bookmarks Blog.  I met this talented woman through
Runway Inspired Challenge blog (love this blog) and was thrilled when she agreed to guest post for us . . . so without further ado here is Tasnim

Hello! I am very pleased to be guest posting today for Elizabeth! I decided to create a card using one of my favorite techniques; inking with a sponge applicator. I paired it with gold embossing to add a bit of glamour :)

Here is the card:

Ombre is another technique that I like, so I inked my panel to create that look. 

Notice that the flowers and leaves are in reverse Ombre to that of the panel. 

Watch the video to see how I made it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4AysLBDzqA&feature=youtu.be

Supplies:

• Stamp: Hero Arts Flower Swirl Vine, All Occasion Mesages.
• Ink: Stampin'UP! Rose Red, Versafine Onyx Black.
• Paper: Neenah Solar White, Recollection 100lb Black card stock.
• Other: Inkadinkado Glam Gold Embossing Powder

I had fun creating this card. Thank you Elizabeth for having me! --

Thank you Tasnim for sharing your talents with us!  I've been looking for an idea to use my
  Hello Tweety stamp set and I think this would work perfectly with the swirls and the butterfly :)   Hope you all have a creative weekend :)
 

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Feature a Friend {on Friday}

Welcome back to Feature a Friend {on Friday}.  Today's guest is a very talented and well known lady in the paper crafting world, Miss Jessica Kephart mommy blogger over at Homespun Elegance.  She is a dear friend and I'm so excited to have her here!  I know you are going to love her (and her project) just as much as I do!

Hi there!! My name is Jessica Kephart! I am SO excited to be posting as a guest for Feature a Friend Friday with my sweet Friend Liz! THANK YOU MY DEAR FRIEND! I LOVE YOU!!

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Subscribe via e-mail There is a giveaway at the bottom of this post, so keep going!! ;)

I met Liz last year while I was working on the project "A Homespun Affair" (a sister site to my blog www.homespunelegance.blogspot.com) a monthly crafting magazine that I created with a talented group of designers. I loved Liz's work, so I had asked her to design a layout for one of our Monthly features! Since then, she and I have worked on the Second Annual Little Prince Blog Hop together, and are now Co-Hosting an online Mother's Day Event! Celebrate Mom. Celebrate Life! We would certainly love it if you stopped in and joined us! You will also have a chance to win over $250.00 in prizes from Mary Kay, Close to My Heart, Lemongrass Spa, Flexi-Clips, Demarle at Home, Tupperware, Grace Adele, Clever Container, Scentsy and more!! CLICK TO JOIN AND ENTER TO WIN!!  I am beyond excited to be showcasing this project with you today!! I just finished this project on Wednesday night, and it has already been featured over at Craft Junction!  Craft Junction is fairly new, but is a spin off from Northridge Publishing, who have been around a long time! I will be guest designing for Craft Junction in the coming weeks, so be sure to stop by! ALSO, they are about to hit 15,000 fans on Facebook, so I'm sure something SUPER fun will be coming soon! Stop by and "LIKE" Craft Junction on Facebook so you don't miss out!! Ok, on to my project!!

This project was made using a ready to finish wood frame from Hobby Lobby. This frame was on Clearance for $1.50. When I see the frames anywhere around 2.00 or less, I pick them up and finish them, and as you can see, they make perfect gifts!!

 I received this Kit from Northridge Publishing for a Photo frame I made that was published in their Home Decor December Edition Book. You can view that project Here

This Collection is "The Sweetest Thing" Tangerine from My Minds Eye, and it lives up to its name!! 

I LOVE the Chipboard stickers! They made making this frame a breeze!! Even the adorable Bling dots came in this kit from the collection! 

I took this sticker (Below) and bent it around two dowells to give it a few ruffles and bent the edges upward. 

I added some Twine from Talking Twine and Trim 

 Dont you just love this kit!! There are so many other pieces I can't WAIT to use!!

My Minds Eye, is quickly becoming one of my Favorites for my projects! Between this set, other "Sweetest things sets, Honey, Miss Caroline, Lost and Found, Lost and found II, On the bright Side and the Follow your heart Be Happy set, I could use MME forever!  

Well, I hope that you liked my project today!! I am SO glad that you stopped by! Please, leave a comment below! 

GIVEAWAY ALERT

If you Follow Liz and I on Facebook, you will be entered to win this set of handcrafted Tigers Eye Earrings. 2 Extra entries will be given if you follow me via e-mail to get post updates right to your inbox! 

The Findings are Sterling Silver and are so beautiful! To win, enter the rafflecopter below, and winner will be selected and announced on both mine and Liz's blog on Monday May 20th! Entries close at Midnight May 19th! 

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Thank you so much Jessica for a great project and a great post - and a giveaway?!  What a surprise!   

Happy Friday and Happy Crafting!  


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Feature a Friend {on Friday}

Our Friend this week is Leslie from The Memory Nest.  She is a fabulously creative gal that I met through Linked In and am thrilled to have her post today a scrapbook page using Close To My Heart's flip flaps!  So here is Leslie . . .

The two page Easter layout was fun to create with all the springy papers and embellishments.  

A few months back, I learned about a new product by Close to My Heart called Flip Flaps.

 Flip Flaps come in many different sizes and make it easy to include multiple pictures on a layout.  I used a 4x6 Flip Flap on my page, which allowed me to include two extra pictures.  The Flip Flap has an adhesive strip that attaches to the outside of the page protector.   

The papers used to create this layout are from the We R Memory Keepers Simply Spring Collection: Blossoms, Basket, Raindrop, Expressions, the Embellishment Stickers and the Spring Flings Frame.  Happy Spring and Happy Scrapping!

 Thank you so much Leslie!  Thanks to everyone for stopping by both Leslie and I appreciate your comments and encouragement!  Have a Fabulous Friday :)

 

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Feature a Friend {on Friday}

Welcome back to another Friday and another Feature a Friend!  I am so excited by all the talent out there and the inspiration I get from new friends.  Today's guest is

Virginia Lu from Yes, Virginia!  If you have not check out her blog you really should - she does amazingly beautiful cards!

Hello, this is Virginia Lu! I am so honored to be featured here in Elizabeth’s blog today. I am sharing two cards using a mask that I create with Haxagon diecut. Recently I am quite intrigued with plastic masks ( costs around $4 each) that are making presences in all the on-line stores! That gave me the idea of make my own masks.  Basically we can make good use of our own existing diecut and create a customised mask! (Elizabeth here:  I use my cricut cartridge pieces to do this too) 

Here is the step-by-step tutorial

Here are the two cards that I create with the background

Card #1—

After the masking, I added a few tiny droplets of pink splatter (mixture of Worn Lipstick and water). A sentiment and some stitching (the black straight line on top) and faux stitching ( top and bottom corner, SRM Stitching sticker) were added. With the flower embellishment and sequins, this card is complete!

Card #2

With a colorful background, I kept the design simple. With a pop-up owl, stamped text and sentiment and jute, this card was very easy and fun to create.

I hope this tutorial inspire you to get your diecuts out and create your own mask. Use the mask for card-making and scrapbooking or any craft projects! You can use circles, ovals, scalloped squares, hexagons...any diecut that you that you already have will do! Sky is the limit! Thank you, Elizabeth, for inviting me to share my love of card-making.

I loved this technique so much I decided to try my own hand at it - here is a card I made using the negatives from a sheet of numbers I cut out with my cricut.  I created table number cards for an event this week and had the sheet left over, so here is my card . . . 

Thank you so much Virginia for sharing your inspiration with us!  Blessed to have met you - you are welcome back anytime!  

Please head over to Virginia's blog and thank her for sharing with us - leave a comment here too :)  We love hearing from you!  

Happy Friday!  

 

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